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BOB BROWN: AGING POETICALLY, PART I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a sprinter in this race. Nowadays, blessed by the gift of a long life, my...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Twenty Reasons For Regime Change in Iran

1. The kidnapping of 66 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8...

FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

Parenting Is – Has Always Been – Tough

Has our job as parents gotten tougher than it used to be?  Did our parents have an easier job or did they do a...

Someone’s to Blame

There hasn’t been a time since the second term of Franklin Roosevelt that a President has been faced with so many critical issues at...

The Happy Chef: Snowstorm Lamb Kabobs

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW!!! We love it! We have this great big hill a few doors down from our house that is most excellent...

In Search of Wildness

Emily Dickinson was right to see that a prairie might consist of only one flower and a bee. When my childhood world was small,...

A Perspective on Turning 40

I turned 40 last week.  That’s 14,600 days old – in case you are counting.   According to the experts humans walk an average of...

Life’s Wondrous Variety

One of my all-time favorite film scenes is from the 1991 adventure, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman.  In...